[Avodah] Clarification on No pox on lox, insists Monsey group More on Worms in Fish

[Zev Sero]

Yitzchok Levine wrote:

> I have learned from Rabbi Chaim Goldberg of the OU that Neiman's 
> statements are misleading.

I don't see how.


> This Monsey group and the others who claim that there are worms in our 
> fish are referring to wild caught fish [...] This Monsey group and the 
> others who hold like they do regarding there being worms in fish agree 
> that there is no problem with worms in farmed salmon.

Yes, they always said so, from the very first day they brought it up.


> Thus, Neiman can say there is no problem with lox and that he just had 
> some, since virtually all lox is made from farmed salmon.

Yes, exactly.  In addition, lox is thin-sliced, so one can easily find
the worm's cyst if it's present.


> The impression given by the news blurb is that there is no problem with 
> worms in fish according to the Monsey group.

How is that impression given?  The fish thing erupted weeks ago.  The
article from a few days ago was specifically about lox and not any other
kind of fish, and caused a ruckus because of that; Neiman correctly said
that the journalists made the whole thing up.  Where do you see any kind
of implication that there is never any kind of problem with fish?  Well-
known poskim (albeit a minority) have agreed that there is indeed a
problem.  Just not with lox.

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